Cancer Prevention: the Upside to Allergies

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A new article in the December issue of The Quarterly Review of Biology provides strong evidence that allergies are much more than just an annoying immune malfunction. They may protect against certain types of cancer. Read more..

Reuters - Letrozole is more effective than tamoxifen as an initial hormone therapy in postmenopausal women with hormone-sensitive, early breast cancer, researchers announced here at the 2008 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. Read more..

Reuters - Little breast tumors that seemed cured after surgery are more likely to come back if they are the type known as HER2 positive, U.S. researchers reported on Friday. Read more..

Reuters - Combining GlaxoSmithKline’s Tykerb drug with Novartis’s Femara can delay significantly the progression of breast cancer in some women, researchers said on Thursday. Read more..

Another problem that medical experts in this field are facing in the treatment of cancer is that even those that can easily be detected and treated are not being detected, due to the ignorance of the masses on this issue and some are neglected just out of sheer carelessness. A lot of people still believe that cancer is incurable, therefore going to the hospital to seek medical attention is a waste of time and energy and money. Read more..

Breast cancer is cancer that starts in the tissue of breast.They are normally two types of breast cancer.Ductal cancer that start in tube that move milk from breast to nipple and lobular cancer which starts in lobules that produce milk. Read more..

AP - Taking menopause hormones for five years doubles the risk for breast cancer, according to a new analysis of a big federal study that reveals the most dramatic evidence yet of the dangers of these still-popular pills. Read more..

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Dec. 12 (HealthDay News) — Researchers are making progress in predicting breast cancer risk, recurrence risk and response to cancer treatment by looking at such factors as breast density and tumor size, a panel of experts report. Read more..

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